The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-05-20


New York.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, May 10.
A gentleman from sway out in Indiana"
now OH his first visit in the big city, went the
other night to see or hear a comic opera
The following is his account of it as written
to his wife, and from which letter these ex-
tracts are taken:
II told you about meeting Capt. -, who
used to drum it i'll clothing out around there
from indianapolis, and we had no end of
fun. He got tickets to q comic opera and SO
/ went along, as | never had seen such a
thing in my life, and now reckon | don't
care to again. Why, it was just the derneiest
stuff you can think of: but I'll tell you all
can about it. We rode away up to
Thirty fifth street and went into the Irish
theatre; got well up and they turned on the
piece; they called it "Gypsy Baron" like
good song and a good show, but there was
nothing but whooping and roaring and jump
ing about till | was sick and tired. Every
now ami again they stopped that and talked
u while, but | couldn't make head nor tail
of it. They didn't talk long enough
at once for me to find out what
the piece was about. And what
they did talk was jumbled up stuff tll:.t only
bothered me- And just about the time
| got interested they all jumped back
and fell to whooping, screeching, high
and low, and pounding OH anvils and
banging and gathering till my head
ached fit to split But the New York
folks liked it, could see that-sonle folks do
like that sort. They stamped anil clapped;
and once in while the actors stopped the
racket and some girl sung a right pretty
little song, and then they all went to wlloop-
ing and yelling again till was disgustetl.
We went out and got some beer in the first
recess tthey had two reeesses, you know
stopped and let the curtain down a Iii4},
and when we come back they had it down
fire. There was near as could make cut, a
great, tall fellow who loved q young Gypsy,
and sung or howled all over the stage ;.i,,nt
it. Did you ever hear such rot in all yn,lr
days? Making love like screecE owl! Then
the old Gypsy come out of q cave and bowlel
and seTeeched all around the tall fellow
Then an old pig sticker came out of two
story house on the other side of the bull ring
aud howled about his girl and the tall fellow,
and then two girls screeched all round the
cave and up OH to the rocks and shook their
fists ut each other, and about fifty Gypses
and soldiers come In and howled 'em all
down, and the tall fellow enlisted and went
off to fight the Spaniards. And my prayer
and hope is that he got shot in the first bat
tile, for have no use for him. But this amt
half nor tenth of it, There was banging on
tin pans and pounding on anvils and other
iron, and two or three times they let UP and
let a fellow tune up piano, and just as
was hoping he would get done tuning up and
play something, they all turned loose again
worse than ever. L couldn't see darned bit
o. sense in it. But the stage was fixed up
beautiful, and two or three of the girls was
pretty as speckled pony at fair got so
disguised that / left at the second recess and
waited at the beer room I Can't. -. allI
he came in after it was all over and blowed
me sky high. He says it's the thing. Well.
maybe SOL like good song, but no more
opera for me. Your husband, JoHN.n